Functionalism & New right policy

Functionalism & New right policy: Functionalist thinking has influenced new right political thinking which is strictly conservative, anti-feminist & stresses the importance of the Nuclear family & the dangers of family diversity. Fletcher (1966) highlights how the family is 'helped out' by the state so that it can perform it's functions more effectively. New right politics have taken this a step further & argue that families should be self-reliant & require minimum 'outside'/ 'state' help. The nuclear family is ideally set...

The setting Off

OBJ: To demonstrate our understanding of AO2 through responses to unseen poems. Example of a 5 mark AO1 question: 1) Poets often deploy auditory devices for effect. Comment on the use and effect of sound devices in the poem (The Send Off) Firstly, the poet has injected a euphonic sound in the opening which conveys a feeling of excitement and great expectation of those going to war. Also, the poem ends with cacophonous sounds ('silent') which is juxtaposed with the implicit triumph of "great bells". The effect is to convey an anti-climatic...

Postmodernism

Giddens Family now involves greater choice and equality due to: contraception allows for intimacy rather than reproduction as a reason for the relationship. changing role and opportunities for women Families now define their relationships themselves - It is individual and works for them. He calls this 'Pure relationships' based on love and happiness and not tradition or sense of duty. Relationships become a part of 'self discovery' However more choice leads to greater instability. Beck We live in a 'risk society'. Tradition is less influential...

A wish - Analysis

OBJ: To explore how the poet use language and form to create meaning and ideas. Analysis of 'A Wish' by Samuel Rogers: IT is a form of pastoral poetry and it has a naturalistic theme. The poem includes a regular rhyming scheme, the effect of this is that it gives a child like feel, it prolongs and expands the happiness felt. The rhyming couplets are a metaphor for the parental roles which are complementary of each other. 'The Swallow oft beneath my thatch'  The swallow is symbolism of love and care/ affection towards a loved one. The 'thatch'...

The Wife A-Lost

SINCE I noo mwore do zee your feäce, Up steärs or down below, I'll zit me in the lwonesome pleäce, Where flat-bough'd beech do grow; Below the beeches' bough, my love, Where you did never come, An' I don't look to meet ye now, As I do look at hwome. Since you noo mwore be at my zide, In walks in zummer het, I'll goo alwone where mist do ride, Droo trees a-drippèn wet; Below the raïn-wet bough, my love, Where you did never come, An' I don't grieve to miss ye now, As I do grieve at hwome. Since now bezide my dinner-bwoard Your vaïce do never sound, I'll...

I Remember, I Remember

I remember, I remember, The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn; He never came a wink too soon, Nor brought too long a day, But now, I often wish the night Had borne my breath away! I remember, I remember, The roses, red and white, The vi'lets, and the lily-cups, Those flowers made of light! The lilacs where the robin built, And where my brother set The laburnum on his birthday,— The tree is living yet! I remember, I remember, Where I was used to swing, And thought...

The Old Familiar Faces

I have had playmates, I have had companions, In my days of childhood, in my joyful school-days, All, all are gone, the old familiar faces. I have been laughing, I have been carousing, Drinking late, sitting late, with my bosom cronies, All, all are gone, the old familiar faces. I loved a love once, fairest among women; Closed are her doors on me, I must not see her — All, all are gone, the old familiar faces. I have a friend, a kinder friend has no man; Like an ingrate, I left my friend abruptly; Left him,...

A Wish

Mine be a cot beside the hill, A bee-hive's hum shall sooth my ear; A willowy brook, that turns a mill, With many a fall shall linger near. The swallow, oft, beneath my thatch, Shall twitter from her clay-built nest; Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latch, And share my meal, a welcome guest. Around my ivy'd porch shall spring Each fragrant flower that drinks the dew; And Lucy, at her wheel, shall sing In russet gown and apron blue. The village-church, among the trees, Where first our marriage-vows were giv'n, With merry peals shall swell the...

Post Modernism

We no longer live in a predictable modern world with orderly and predictable structures such as the nuclear family but we are now postmodernism. Families are fragmented and individuals have more choice leading to greater diversity in family life. No one family dominates...

Is the Family in decline?

OBJ: Use the evidence that follows to provide an argument that answers the above question. Relationship status Singletons at 20. Married or cohabiting by 30. That is the trend colourfully depicted here. Again, using figures from the 2011 Census, the book reveals how many people marry and then migrate from inner to outer London. 12 data maps that sum up London What does the Rapoports say about family diversity? Unlike chester, Rhona...

Audience

OBJ: To understand how to attract and address an audience.Audience:All media texts are made with an audience in mind; a group of people who will receive it and make some sort of sense out of it. In general, but not always, the producers make some money out of their audience. It is therefore important to understand what happens when an audience views a media text.Using questionnaires, focus groups and comparisons to existing media texts, media producers will spend a great deal of time and money ascertaining  if there is anyone out there who...

The decline of Macbeth

OBJ: To explore the decline of Macbeth."The vividness, magnitude, and violence of the imagery in some of these passages are characteristic of Macbeth almost throughout; and their influence contributes to form its atmosphere...""There is thus something magnificently appropriate in the cry 'blow, wind! come, wrack!' with which Macbeth, turning from the sight of the moving wood Birnam, bursts from his castle. He was borne to his throne on a whirlwind, and the fate he goes to meet comes on the wings of storm"AC Bradley - Shakespearian Trag...

The decline of Lady Macbeth

OBJ: To explore Lady Macbeth's decline and death, To probe the language that shows Lady Macbeth's remorse in the sleepwalking scene. "It would be a perfect example of poetic justice in the manner of talion if the childlessness of Macbeth and the barrenness of his Lady were the punishment of their crimes against the sanctity of generation – If Macbeth could not become a father because he had robbed children of their father and a father of his children, and if Lady Macbeth suffered the unsexing she had demanded of the spirits of murder:...

Lone Parent Families

Obj: To understand the reasons for the increase in lone parent families. To understand the New Right & feminist views of lone parent families and evaluate these. The Reality:  In the UK, the percentage of single parent families has tripled since 1970s. Now in the UK, about 25% of families with dependant children are single parent families. 1 in 5 children in Europe live with a lone parent. In the past single parent families were usually...

Cohabitation

 Is the concept of marriage dead? Cohabitation could have been the number one reason for the drop in the marriage rates. People find civil partnerships as far more valuable compared to the religious ceremonial Marriage. Secularisation has decreased as people do not feel the need to marry. The average age for women to get married is 30, and for men it is 32. Identify one strength and one weakness of the data in helping us to understand...

Is Marriage Dead?

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Infant Joy

'I have no name  I am but two days old.' What shall I call thee? 'I happy am  Joy is my name.' Sweet joy befall thee! Pretty joy! Sweet joy but two days old, Sweet joy I call thee: Thou dost smile, I sing the while; Sweet joy befall thee! by William Blake...

Life during the industrial revoloution

What was life like in the industrial revolution? during the industrial revolution, It was the great age of science and it was becoming increasingly secular. There was a heavier reliance on machinery which meant less manual labour and loss of jobs. The introduction of factories in London meant that there was mass migration from the countrysides to the cities in order to get jobs. As a result of the migration, Many cities like London and Manchester became over populated and became riddled with disease. Social classes were dominant and there was...

William Blake

William Blake: William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English painter, poet and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. His prophetic poetry has been said to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language". His visual artistry led one contemporary art...

Divorce Statistics

Divorce statistics are presented in 3 main ways: The total number of divorce petitions per year (the number of people applying for a divorce but not necessarily actually getting divorced.) The total number of decrees absolute granted per year (the number of divorces actually granted) The divorce rate (the number of divorces each year per thousand married people in the population.) Divorce statistics must be treated with considerable caution, and assessed against changing legal , financial and social circumstances, if misleading conclusions...

The Rising Divorce Rate

One of the most startling changes in the family in Britain in the last century has been the general and dramatic increase in the number of marriages ending in divorce, with similar trends found in many western industrialized countries. The number of divorce rates rose from 27,000 in 1961 to around 167,000 by 2005; during the 1960s the number doubled, and the doubled again in the 1970s. Britain has one of the highest divorce rates (number of divorces per 1,000 married people per year) in the European Union. About 40% of new marriages today are...

MacDuff

 What do we know about Macduff? - Paying attention to what Macbeth has been doing throughout the play - Emerging role: Shakespeare makes him more prominent. - his absence is ominous - Macbeth's 'alter-ego' provides an interesting mirror of what Macbeth could have been/ How he should have behaved. - shows us that the witches malice wouldn't have worked on him. - Shown to be perceptive - MacDove - harbinger of piece. All Shakespeare plays have five Acts: Exposition Rising action Climax Falling action Denouemen...

Tragedy

OBJ: To explore the idea of hamartia and to develop our ideas about Macbeth as a contemporary audience.  Aristotle's Definition of tragedy:  “A tragedy is the imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself; in appropriate and pleasurable language;... in a dramatic rather than narrative form; with incidents arousing pity and fear, wherewith to accomplish a catharsis of these emotions.” Characters in tragedy should have the following qualities: 'good' or 'fine.' Aristotle relates this quality...

The ghost of Banquo haunts Macbeth (Ian McKellen)

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Family Diversity

Does divorce mean that the family is in decline? OBJ: To know what divorce is, to examine why it happens and to consider the consequences. What is divorce?  Divorce is the legal separation between husband and wife.The termination of a marriage. But there are different types of divorce, such as empty shell marriage which is them married by name only, Desertion where one partner leaves the other and legal separation, where the court separates financial dealings but still married. divorce statistics are presented in three main ways: The...

Creative critical response coursework

OBJ: To know the itches second set of prophecies. To understand what is expected in the creative critical commentary coursework. "Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! beware Macduff; Beware the thane of Fife. Dismiss me. Enough." Shakespeare establishes the power of the supernatural. "Be bloody, bold, and resolute; laugh to scorn The power of man, for none of woman born Shall harm Macbeth." The equivocation allows for the superstition linked to caesarian birth were thought to be blessed. "What is this That rises like the issue of...

Braggadocio

OBJ: To deploy our critical language effectively to “review” a scene (AO1) To explore and probe AO2 Word of the day: Braggadocio (boastful or arrogant behaviour.) In a good review, you should be able to evaluate different productions, you also need to show your own interpretations of the character. It is important that you add some well placed judiciously placed quotes, in addition it is good to add a layer of what of other critiques have said about the production. Critique of Polanski's adaptation of the Macbeth banquet scene: Finch's...

Section A

OBJ: To recap which AOs you should address for each part of the unseen poetry questions and how  to respond to unseen poetry in the AS exam. AS Paper is two hours and 15 minutes long; Unseen Poetry = 20 marks Home poetry = 50 marks Part A: 5 marks – JUST AO1 is marked (come up with 5 'answers' and embed quotes – keep it short and sweet) Part B: 5 marks – JUST AO2 is marked (in this answer, focus on language, structure, form analysis of quotes and ideas in the poem. You can literally pick and explore quotes for this one.) The use of sibilance...

Unseen Poetry

OBJ: To explore how to respond to the 10 mark question in unseen poetry in the AS exam. Analysis of The Passion Of The Shepard To His Love 'There will I make thee beds of roses And a thousand fragrant posies' - Nature is seen as idyllic in pastoral poetry 'Come live with me and be my love' - Idyllic language used to depict nature represents idyllic aspect of love. 'pretty lambs we pull; Fair lined slippers for the cold, With buckles of the purest gold' - Celestial imagery insinuates transcendence of his love over normality. The regal...

The Passionate Shepard to his Love

COME live with me and be my Love, And we will all the pleasures prove That hills and valleys, dale and field, And all the craggy mountains yields. There will we sit upon the rocks, 5And see the shepherds feed their flocks, By shallow rivers, to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals. There will I make thee beds of roses And a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroider'd all with leaves of myrtle; A gown made of the finest wool Which from our pretty lambs we pull; Fair lined slippers for the cold, With...

Economic factors

Push factors: the negative aspects of their 'home' society that may make them want to migrate. Examples of push factors are lack of jobs and poor economy. Pull factors: Things the destination society might offer that attracts migrants, examples of pull factors are a stable economy and good exports. Recent and future patterns We have increasing levels of both immigration and emigration, highest in 2004, this is down to Britain joining the European...

Oligopoly

OBJ: To recognise how institutions and audiences effect magazine production. Oligopoly In the UK, the magazine industry operates as an oligopoly. An oligopoly is where several companies have grown larger and larger whilst competing , to the point where they all have equal power and they all dominate the market. In the UK the companies that dominate the magazine market are: Hearst - produce 300 worldwide magazines with their UK company Hearst UK publishing 24 magazines in Britain including Cosmopolitan, Men's Health, Elle, Esquire, Good housekeeping...

Macbeth revisits the witches

Equivocation he use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself. The witches use equivocating language in order to manipulate Macbeth, The prophecy 'None of women born can harm Macbeth' this is an example of equivocation as it leads Macbeth to believe he is invincible, However, Macduff was born of a C-section, Therefore he wasn't 'born' meaning that Macduff can kill Macbeth. "Darkness, we may even say blackness, broods...

Hecate's Soliloquy translated into modern English

HECATE Don’t I have a reason to be angry, you disobedient hags? How dare you give Macbeth riddles and prophecies about his future without telling me? I am your boss and the source of your powers. I am the one who secretly decides what evil things happen, but you never called me to join in and show off my own powers. And what’s worse, you’ve done all this for a man who behaves like a spoiled brat, angry and hateful. Like all spoiled sons, he chases...

Hecate

OBJ: To consider the role and purpose of Hecate.  Who is Hecate? Hecate or Hekate  is a goddess in Greek religion and mythology, most often shown holding two torches or a key and in later periods depicted in triple form. She was variously associated with crossroads, entrance-ways, dogs, light, the Moon, magic, witchcraft, knowledge of herbs and poisonous plants, necromancy, and sorcery. In the post-Christian writings of the Chaldean...

Introduction to John Stewart Mill

John Stewart Mill was born in 1806 and died in 1873, Mill was a philosopher, social reformer and economist, his key works include "On liberty" and "Utilitarianism" "It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; It is better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied." - John Stewart Mill on Happiness His main interests were political philosophy, ethics, economics and inductive logic. John...

Evaluating Bentham

OBJ: To evaluate Act Utilitarianism. To understand Mill's improvements to the theory. Strengths of Act Utilitarianism: Democratic Focusses on Happiness Common sense system Flexible system Egalitarian No one persons pleasure is more valued more than any other It includes a decision making procedure Encourages others to be kind to one another Recognises the importance of consequence. Weaknesses of Act Utilitarianism: Can justify acts that we consider intrinsically wrong (Gang Rape, the holocaust) Doesn't consider the intention behind the action Doesn't...

The Hedonic Calculus

OBJ: To know and understand Bentham's Hedonic Calculus Intensity --How intense is the pleasure or pain? Duration --How long does the pleasure of pain last? Certainty --What is the probability that the pleasure or pain will occur? Propinquity (nearness or remoteness) --How far off in the future is the pleasure or pain? Fecundity --What is the probability that the pleasure will lead to other pleasures? Purity --What is the probability that the pain will lead to other pains? Extent --How many persons are affected by the plea...

Jeremy Bentham and Utillitarianism

What is Utilitarianism? Utilitarianism is a teleological ethical theory that states that right and wrong are determined by the utility of it. Jeremy Bentham established pain and pleasure were important qualities in making moral decisions; He believed that motivation comes through pain and pleasure. Utilitarianism is a democratic system as the pleasure can't be just for one person.The only good is the maximisation of pleasure and the minimisation...

Absolute and relative approaches to ethics

OBJ: To be able to compare objective and absolute. What is moral Absolutism? Moral absolutism is the idea that an action is always right or wrong; the right or wrongness of an action is fixed for all peoples at all times. "There will not be different laws at Rome or at Athens, or different laws now and in the future, but one eternal and unchangeable law will be valid for all nations and all times."  -Cicero on natural ...

Teleological and Deontological Ethics

OBJ: To revise what effects our moral decision making. What is an ethical theory? An ethical theory is a set of ideas which offer a suggestion of how we know something is morally wrong. Teleological ethics Actions are morally right or wrong depending on the consequences of the action, No actions are intrinsically right or wrong. Deontological ethics Deontological ethics are concerned with the nature of the act, it needs no justification. Deonlogical ethics tend to be for or against an absolute or religious l...

What is ethics?

OBJ: to investigate what influences our ethical and moral decision making. Morality: The word morality comes from the Latin word 'Moralis' and it is concerned with what actions are right or wrong. Ethics: It comes from the Greek word 'ethika' and it is concerned with how people behave in society. Ethics is the study of morality and how people make moral decisions, the subject explores the consequences and motives of moral decision making and human nature. What kind of things can influence our moral decision making? Guilt Experience Up bringing Opinion...